The International Criminal Court and complementarity : from theory to practice / edited by Carsten Stahn and Mohamed M. El Zeidy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

V. 1. Introduction : bridge over troubled waters? -- part I. General reflections -- A positive approach to complementarity : the impact of the Office of the Prosecutor / Luis Moreno-Ocampo -- Justice and prevention / Juan E. Méndez -- Proactive complementarity : a Registrar's perspective and plans / Silvana Arbia and Giovanni Bassy -- part II. Origin and genesis of complementarity -- The genesis of complementarity / Mohamed M. El Zeidy -- Reflections on complementarity at the Rome Conference and beyond / Mauro Politi -- The rise and fall of complementarity / William A. Schabas -- part III. Analytical dimensions of complementarity -- Complementarity as global governance / Christoph Burchard -- Policy through complementarity : the atrocity trial as justice / Mark A. Drumbl -- Taking complementarity seriously / Carsten Stahn -- International criminal justice in the era of failed states : the ICC and the self-referral debate / Payam Akhavan -- The quest for constructive complementarity / Michael A. Newton -- Reframing positive complementarity / William W. Burke-White -- Too much of a good thing? : implementation and the uses of complementarity / Frédéric Mégret -- part IV. Interpretation and application -- The application of the principle of complementarity to the decision of where to open an investigation : the admissibility of 'situations' / Héctor Olásolo and Enrique Carnero-Rojo -- Situation and case : defining the parameters / Rod Rastan -- The inaction controversy : neglected words and new opportunities / Darryl Robinson -- The admissibility procedures / Jo Stigen -- The evolution of the ICC jurisprudence on admissibility / Ben Batros -- Interpretative gravity under the Rome Statute / Ignaz Stegmiller -- Complementarity and burden allocation / Megan A. Fairlie and Joseph Powderly -

V. 2. States' obligations to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of international crimes : the perspective of the European Court of Human Rights / Harmen van der Wilt -- The law and policy of complementarity in relation to 'criminal proceedings' carried out by non-state organized armed groups / Jann K. Kleffner -- Complementarity and the crime of aggression / Roger S. Clark -- Complementarity and the alternative forms of justice : a new test for ICC admissibility / Gregory S. Gordon -- Complementarity and 'reverse cooperation' / Federica Gioia -- In the hands of the state : implementing legislation and complementarity / Olympia Bekou -- part V. Complementarity in perspective -- Horizontal complementarity / Cedric Ryngaert -- The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ('ICTY') and the transfer of cases and materials to national judicial authorities : lesson in complementarity / David Tolbert and Aleksandar Kontić -- Positive complementarity in practice : ICTY Rule 11 bis and the use of the tribunal's evidence in the Srebrenica Trials before the Bosnian War Crimes Chamber / Fidelma Donlon -- Complementarity of procedures : how to avoid reinventing the wheel / Tarik Abdulhak -- part VI. Complementarity in practice -- Making complementarity work : maximizing the limited role of the prosecutor / Paul F. Seils -- Positive complementarity in action / Christopher K. Hall -- Complementarity and the construction of national ability / Morten Bergsmo, Olympia Bekou and Annika Jones -- The Colombian peace process (Law 975 of 2005) and the ICC's principle of complementarity / Kai Ambos -- Darfur : complementarity as the drafters intended? / Robert Cryer -- Complementarity in Uganda : domestic diversity or international imposition? / Sarah Nouwen -- Courts, conflict and complementarity in Uganda / Marieke Wierda and Michael Otim -- Chasing cases : the ICC and the politics of state referral in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda / Phil Clark -- A problem, not a solution : complementarity in the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo / Marlies Glasius -- Complementarity and the impact of the Rome Statute and International Criminal Court in Kenya / Christine Alai and Njonjo Mue.